When it comes to Western swing music, it doesn't get any better than Carolyn Martin. The west Texas native has been recognized as one of the top artists performing the genre. And she will be in ...

Tommy Thomsen walks through the swinging doors of the bar at the Swiss Hotel and goes straight for the photographs on the wall. ‘My family’s been in town 100 years,’ he says, pointing to his uncles ...

When many people think of the rich music scene of Portland, Oregon, they may think of bands like Dandy Warhols, Poison Idea, and Wipers – all seminal and genre-defining in their own way, but also just ...

Western Swing is a musical genre wonderfully described by its leading historian Cary Ginell as "a bastard child that neither country nor jazz is willing to accept into their own house. In my opinion ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Western swing singer and guitarist Sean Blackburn, 56, who died in Golden on Sept. 29 of a heart attack, was a regular guest during the early years of “A ...

Combine the Texas swing of Bob Wills and Asleep at the Wheel with the music of Count Basie and Willie Nelson, add the vocal harmonies of the Mills Brothers and the Andrews Sisters and you’ll have an ...

Nashville-based singer-guitarist Carolyn Martin is a die-hard tradition bearer, one dedicated to country music’s wild little cousin, Western swing. While the jazz-informed style has largely fallen ...

Western swing legend Tom "Wolf" Morrell died Tuesday of emphysema at his home in Little Elm, Texas. He was 68. The steel guitarist got his start in the 1950s and played with artists including Willie ...